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Senate panel presses nominees on accelerating Sentinel and sustainment of nuclear triad
Summary
Senators asked nominees about plans to accelerate emplacement of Sentinel ICBMs, sustain Minuteman III capability during transition, and resource the bomber and nuclear industrial base.
Senators on the Armed Services Committee pressed nominees about the pace and resourcing of U.S. nuclear modernization, with specific attention to the land‑based intercontinental ballistic missile program (Sentinel), the Minuteman III legacy systems, and bomber recapitalization.
Senator Ernst opened the nuclear line of questioning by describing the nuclear triad as the cornerstone of national defense and asked whether nominees would use “all available tools to accelerate…
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